...not in the last 20 years, no. Just ground yourself on the case before plugging anything else in.
Steve On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:51:08 +1200 Christopher D Maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody actually use anti static wrist straps? > > CM> > Entrepreneur > Pieroth Wine Executive > XBox 360 freak! > www.myspace.com/agent_mcgee > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Sent: 8/3/07 1:37 PM > Subject: Re: Advice on building PC? > > On 8/2/07, Gauland, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My fifteen-year-old son's running Ubuntu on a old eMac, and would like to > > switch to an x86 machine. He wants to "roll his own", rather than purchase a > > ready-built machine. This isn't something I've ever done, so I'm looking for > > advice on going about this. > IMHO, others may disagree, The best bang-for-buck is probably found by > buying an ~3 year old ex-lease machine, and then adding a bigger disk, > should that be desired. Sorry, but while the 'buy a kit of parts' has > educational value, it's not necessarily more economical. If you go the > assemble yourself route, remember that the value of an anti-static > wrist strap exceeds its price by at lease two orders of magnitude. > > > > Should he buy a second-hand machine to start with, so he test each component > > as he upgrades it? > > > What does he need to consider to be sure he can upgrade everything easily? > It depends on the budget more than anything, can you mention a vague figure? > > Just don't buy a totally non-mainstream machine. Asus make good > motherboards which run Linux well, as do many other manufacturers. The > "You get what you pay for" rule applies. > > nVidea video cards go better under Linux than ATI ones. > >
